Various photos of the dam, the wetlands and the re-sown pasture area taken during May-August 2016. 1. The dry dam after a long hot summer 2. The wetlands 3. Improved kangaroo pasture 4. The glorious beauty of damp and grey​ 5. The flood, Noah, the flood

1. The dry dam after a long hot summer

​These views of the Arboretum’s Dam were taken in the first week of May. The Summer of 2015-16 had been very dry and lingered well into April. The dam had reached a very low level. There had been little rain in the first four months of 2016. The dam will most likely fill again over June – July.

Nonetheless as the water recedes some plants do thrust up their shoots and have a go. In the 2nd pic you can see

fill in name

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Anyone wanting to catch a fish from the platform would need a long cast.Probably better to set up a chair on the water’s edge!

Even beside a dam some trees will eventually give up the ghost. This scrawny remnant was once a fill in name if possible. The intruding knee is a feature of much amateur photography.

2. The wetlands

​The Wetlands at the Arboretumhave suffered from the long hot summer. One of the factors in the decision to create a wetlands was the historical fact that Euroa township is built on a floodplain and back in 1824 when H and H came through much of the area was swamp. Records indicate there was more rain in those days and without farm and town supply dams more of the water came down from the hills, soaked in and the area was, well, swampy.

However, some plants do seem to thrive such as this pretty white flowered fill in the name.

The metal walkway makes a great noise if children are encouraged to jump up and down on it.

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​Despite the dry conditions people walking through will still hear a few frogs. When the rain returns and the shallow basins fill again the frogs will multiply and a few waterbirds will remember . . . and return.

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​The two before and after photographs in the following sequence were taken in early May before rain fell and then at the end of May after good rain. There was rain in Euroa around May 10 and again over May 24 – 26.